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A Child’s Idea

Posted in Growth, John Ortberg, Maturity, Quotes, Youth on April 21, 2012| Leave a Comment »

“I’m disappointed…I always had the idea as a child that adults were pretty much the people they wanted to be.” — John Ortberg

The Life You’ve Always Wanted by John Ortberg, 1997 Zondervan

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Maturity

Posted in Albert Benjamin, Maturity, Simpson on March 8, 2012| Leave a Comment »

A.B. Simpson D.D. 1843 - 1919

“”Once it was the blessing,
Now it is the Lord;Once it was the feeling,
Now it is His Word;

Once His gift I wanted,
Now the Giver own ;

Once I sought for healing,
Now Himself alone.

All in all forever,
Jesus will I sing;

Everything in Jesus,
And Jesus everything.”
— A.B.Simpson D.D.

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Letting Opportunity Go

Posted in Felix, Manipulation, Maturity, Opportunity, Paul, tagged on March 30, 2011| Leave a Comment »

[Felix] hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.  –  Acts 24:26

A curious story – Paul was unjustly thrown in prison and brought before governor Felix, who saw no fault in him but wanted a bribe for his release.

Felix couldn’t say so, of course, but everyone knew it – that’s the way things got done.

But Paul was content to stay in that awful environment, meet with Felix and the other prisoners as often as they asked, then finally be passed on to do the same for someone else.

Why?  It doesn’t say, but I think Paul trusted that Jesus hadn’t abandoned him but was with him in that prison.  And when God is with you what difference does it make where you are. I think Paul resolved, as an act of faith, to not live for himself, even in putrid surroundings, and to not manipulate the system to get what he wanted.

Lesson: We sometimes find ourselves in unhealthy and unpleasant circumstances, not because we are outside God’s will but because we are in it, and letting some opportunities go is the right thing to do.

Sound Bite: When God is with you what difference does it make where you are!
– fritz

Related Post: Not a Prisoner of the one who Owns the Chains (May 8, 2010)

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